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lamiacallsHello! Please note that the amount I have to say for any pairing or prompt isn’t reflective of how much I care about them — I love all these pairs equally and would be thrilled to see anything for them! Also, my prompts are just suggestions — if you see anything in a past letter you like, or something from my general likes, or anything else, go for it! As long as it doesn’t hit my DNW, I’m happy.
I’ve also provided my interpretations of these pairs and characters, but you don’t have to stick to that. I can be sold on just about any dynamic if it fits the fic!
General Likes
Smut Likes
DNWs
Dimension 20
Secretary
The Folk of the Air
Great Expectations
Othello
CollegeHumor
Schitt’s Creek
General & Art Likes
- 2nd + 3rd person POV
- Past & present tense are both fine
- Canon divergence is fine and good
- Background or past ship mentions are mostly fine, except where noted
- Mutual pining (so much pining! There’s never enough!)
- Missing scenes from canon
- Bathing/washing — I also love people being dried with a towel by their partner
- Angst but also fluff, but also angst so much angst oh my gosh
- Characters being very aware of the power dynamics in general
- Fraught relationships
- Bed sharing
- Fake dating
- Being emotionally overloaded or overwhelmed in any capacity
- Height differences
- Kissing, all the soft kissing
- Being fed
- Long tender looks & catching people looking at you tenderly, just romantic goggling in general I guess
- Touch-starved and stoic characters breaking down
- Bittersweet endings (but also any kind of ending is fine by me!)
- Sad characters being sad and lonely and being saddled with even more misery
- Sad characters finally getting the love and attention they deserve
- …just sad characters, really…
- Everyone is bisexual except for canon gay characters
Art Likes
I like a wide variety of art! Bold colours, black & white/greyscale, jewel tones, dark neons. I love interesting compositions and perspectives, and shots that feel like the characters were caught in the moment. I like most tones — fluffy and bright or dark and angsty or intimate and intense.
I like comics and gifs too! I have never received art before and have generally enjoyed every piece I’ve seen in an exchange setting, so I’m not sure I have any strong preferences. I definitely don’t have DNWs for art — sorry I can’t be more specific!
Smut Likes
Public use, praise kink, light biting, hair-pulling, being bossed around, light bondage (someone having their hands tied is lovely, long shibari descriptions is not so much), being held down, rough sex.
I also really like tender vanilla sex. And I like non-penetrative sex acts a lot. Acts of service is my IRL love language, and I think I like non-penetrative, one-sided sex acts in my smut because it feels like a caring act of service! But I love all kinds of sex, really.
Bittersweet sex, sex that makes you feel things you wish it wasn’t making you feel, sex that makes you feel like shit or dirty-bad-wrong after you’ve had it (including dub con) etc. is all up my alley too and plays with my heart (and id) in just the right way.
Also humour in sex is cool by me, as is some awkwardness.
Note: Some of my prompts allow for a much greater use of dub con and noncon. I especially love it when the person being dub- or nonconned enjoys themselves, though they may be ashamed of their enjoyment.
DNWs
- Anyone under 17 in sexual situations, incest
- Violent noncon or noncon where the victim receives no pleasure
- Scat, watersports, blood play, sexualised vomit
- The phrase “to the hilt”
- Mpreg
- Humiliation kink
- Infidelity
- Readerfic
- Mundane AUs
Dimension 20
Kingston/Willy
Kingston desperately needs a cuddle of some sort, and eight-foot-tall Willy probably gives some pretty damn good cuddles. Well, apart from the fact he’s made of very hard brick, but that’s not gonna stand in the way of these two.
I really love their friendship, how much history is hidden there, and how much they both care about their city. But Willy isn’t as self-sacrificing as Kingston, and values fun, given his poker nights. I think he would be able to get Kingston to relax a bit, to remember that he needs to live his own life too — or, at least, he’s going to try.
Also, happy for cameos from any side characters, especially Victoria. She’s great.
- Another poker night. Maybe hosting their first as a couple, and the whole Dream Team turn up. Maybe it’s pre-relationship, with lots of pining.
- Emotional hurt/comfort with Kingston being cared for. He needs someone who watches out for him occasionally! I think Willy has known him long enough to know just how to care for him, too.
- An awkward ass first date where they’re both nervous as hell. Pre- or post-canon is great.
- Willy including Kingston in a Jewish holiday for the first time.
- How does sex work when one of them is eight-feet-tall and made of pure brick, and the other is just a regular human man? I do feel like Lowell Masters might have some great tips for how to fit things way too large for normal humans…
Plumbeline/Annabelle
Ahhh I love Crown of Candy so much! And I love these two so much! Even though Plumbeline turns out…not to be such a good person, she’s complex and interesting. I’d love to understand more of her motivations. And, like everyone else, I’m obsessed with Annabelle Cheddar, my favourite swashbuckler!
I love femme/butch pairings, and these two are great together. They know each other, they both have very different takes on their station in life (Plumbeline, desperate to be Empress, Annabelle who gave up her title after declaring she wouldn’t marry), but they are both forces of nature who don’t back down.
Happy for cameos and background ships from any of the Crown of Candy crew.
- Hurt/comfort of any kind! A few ideas for when that could happen: after Theobald defeated Plumbeline so handily at jousting in Episode 4, “The Grand Tournament”; when the Emperor first gets sick and Plumbeline is caring for him (and not for herself); way back when Annabelle decided not to marry and had to deal with the social fallout; after Annabelle sustains an injury in a battle.
- Swashbuckling adventures together pre-canon! Does Plumbeline like sailing? What does she think of Annabelle at sea versus Annabelle on land?
- Epistolary story taking place post-episode 6, “Chaos in the Cathedral”, after Annabelle has discovered what went down between Plumbeline, the church and House Rocks.
- Plumbeline visiting the Dairy Isles and being shown around
Secretary
Grey/Lee
This movie is one of my faves! I love James Spader so much in it, and their chemistry is immense. I love the way BDSM brings out so much more in Lee, and allows her to feel comfortable for the first time. I love the inner-anguish of Grey too, trying to fight against what he wants, and Lee being so bold.
- Tell me about their honeymoon! We see a little sneak peek (or is that their wedding?) at the end, but I’d love to see more of their mountainous adventure.
- Being roped into family Christmas or Thanksgiving at the Grey’s! What are Grey’s family like? Bonus: them trying to have quiet sex in his childhood bedroom, or Lee pawing through his old stuff.
- Alternatively, them hosting a family event at their place! How do the two families interact? Do any of them acknowledge the relationship dynamic between Lee and Grey?
- Even more alternatively, deciding to have Christmas or Thanksgiving as just the two of them and avoiding all the family shenanigans.
- Hurt/comfort in the style of the end of the movie — either making up after a particularly nasty fight, or something external happening, with either Grey or Lee being the comforter — or both!
- Public use-style, Lee being used by other men under Grey’s watchful eye and then getting all the comfort afterwards.
- Any delightful smut from either during the canon (that we don’t get to see the full extent of) or post-canon.
The Folk of the Air
Jude/Balekin
These two have such sizzling chemistry and I love how fucked up their dynamic gets in The Wicked King. I’m open to a lot of stuff with them, and I’ve tried to include prompts from the full spectrum, but anything that plays on their relationship is great.
For smut, I’m open to anything from noncon to consensual between these two! However, if noncon, I’d still want Jude to enjoy it despite herself.
- Jude visiting him in prison again before he escapes and Jude trying to outsmart him. Does she have the patience and wisdom not to show her hand?
- Jude having to navigate situations where he thinks she’s under his power but is lying. More of that in the undersea or just after she gets back would be awesome.
- That could include smut that taking place during Jude’s imprisonment or just shortly after she gets back. I could see her fucking him and at first having to pretend to be into it because she’s “under his spell”, but actually coming to enjoy it in the end. Maybe he gets his lackeys involved?
- Any of the Undersea happenings from Balekin’s perspective would be rad. Is he genuinely taken with Jude, given the kiss, or is it just to spite Cardan? How much of their plan is Orlagh’s doing, and how much is his?
- Balekin haunting her after his death, and Jude having to deal with that. Could be funny, could be dark and scary, could include ghost sex. Whatever floats your boat, have fun with it.
Taryn/Nicasia
These two deserved so much better than Locke. I mean, everyone deserves better than Locke, but still.
Neither are particularly good people — though Taryn is much kinder than Nicasia — but they’re both complex and interesting, and I think have a lot in common in the way they internalise their problems and are easily manipulated by those they admire.
I think they would find each other suitably challenging, though. Where Jude always played up to Nicasia’s bullying, Taryn is so much harder to pin down because she just accepts the fae cruelty.
- Hurt/comfort, especially where hurt!Taryn makes Nicasia understand something about humans being worth something and beautiful, or Taryn finding ways to stand up to hurt!Nicasia and not be walked all over just because she’s giving comfort
- Nicasia taking a trip to the mortal realm. Taryn suddenly has the upper hand in terms of experience, and I think it’d be cool to see Nicasia interact with everyday concepts.
- Taryn taking a trip to the Undersea. What does Queen Orlagh think of her?
- Them having an affair while Taryn is married to Locke and having secret rendezvous.
- Nicasia and Taryn trying to be better people post-QoN, and dealing with their guilt for their actions taken across the trilogy.
Great Expectations
Molly/Mr. Jaggers
This is one of my oldest ships! We discover near the back half of the book that Mr. Jaggers took in Estella’s mother, Molly, and she’s lived with him all this time and I’ve always been really intrigued into what their relationship is like.
While I could see this being straight hurt/comfort (and would love that!), there’s also definite cruelty in their relationship, and problems with their power dynamics. Exploring that would be cool, and I’m open to any takes on it — is it performative and to keep up appearances, so no one will suspect the truth between them? Or is his abuse something Molly swallows because she has no other choice and perhaps feels she has no escape from? Is Jaggers protective of Molly, despite his cruelty?
We get so very little from her character, except through secondhand stories, that I’d love to see her fleshed out in any way you can imagine, really!
- Molly first being taken in by Mr. Jaggers after being saved from the Gallows. What was their dynamic like? How did they find a rhythm with each other, especially with Molly having her child taken away?
- How does Mr. Jaggers deal with a client who gets too handsy with Molly, especially when Jaggers really needs their money?
- Post-canon, does she ever find out about Estella? How does that change things between Jaggers and she?
- Has Jaggers ever used her in his cases? Like, a maid able to pass unnoticed used to eavesdrop or spy?
Othello
Iago/Roderigo, Iago/Desdemona, Iago/Othello
Iago might be my favourite villain of all time. My favourite thing about him is the way he employs so much doublethink to justify his actions and the fact he’s so charismatic and naturally duplicitous that even he buys into his own bullshit (or does he?). I really love Kenneth Brannagh’s interpretation, but dealer’s choice really!
I’m up for any Iago pairing, but also feel free to throw in background ships with him or combine any of these too.
- Roderigo: Iago persuades him into sexual situations, maybe all the while convincing them both that it’s fine and not sinful/not appropriate for the time in history
- Roderigo: Maybe Iago genuinely likes Roderigo and has a soft spot for him despite himself. Is it a requited one, or does Roderigo only have eyes for Desdemona?
- Desdemona: Iago trying and failing to seduce her away from Othello, for the good of something… (“Something” being whatever Iago has convinced himself is a good reason)
- Desdemona: Drunk at a party, Desdemona does something she wouldn’t normally do.
- Othello: The passion between these two is *chef’s kiss*. What was it like when they were away at war together?
- Othello: A fuck before dying
CollegeHumor
Grant O’Brien/Rekha Shankar
Okay, hear me out. Have you watched the Game Changer episode, "The Surprise Murder Mystery"? If not, go go go, it’s only 30 minutes long — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc4yXge1T-Y
Okay. Now let’s talk about their crazy chemistry, and just what a bananas episode it turns into at the end. I did not expect to come out of a silly improv game show episode from CollegeHumor in the year of our lord 2020 with my new OTP but HERE WE ARE. Everything from their small smile to each other right at the beginning when they say they need to fix Josh’s mic, to Grant saying “we’ve all been there” about office sexcapades, to them bullying the PA together, to their ridiculous size difference!
Also feel free to throw in some Production Designer/Producer. Grant & Rekha is right, they ARE hot together. And any other CH staff you like or background ships (and threesomes or moresomes are fine too!), including Sam.
- AU slasher horror where Rekha is the slasher, obsessed with Grant, the final guy! Or do it the other way around!
- Stuck in an elevator together, overnight or over the weekend!
- Office shenanigans while they work on a new sketch together that gets surprisingly hot and heavy. Maybe one of them keeps writing sketches that involve the other getting hot and heavy with them, and they start to suspect its not just a sketch…
- Using the other Game Changer episode they are on for inspiration (it’s not as good, but they still get up to some shenanigans) — have them go on a date to the Copley Square Theatre, or try out the Angry Goose Encounter or Grant taking Rekha with him to the botanical garden!
- Incorporate the sexy holidays into it. Them interacting with their daddies but thinking of each other, them celebrating a holiday together for the first time. You can throw in Ally or Raph for funsies (or any other CH staff!).
Schitt’s Creek
Alexis/Ruth
So Ruth Clancy is the investor from S6 who Johnny, Stevie & Roland meet. She’s determined and kind and has a good head on her shoulders, and I feel like she would really be a good match for Alexis!
I know they don’t actually interact in the canon but presumably they do post-canon since Ruth’s working with her dad. They both stand up for what they believe in, work hard to grow their respective businesses, take risks and are genuine as hell. Also, they’re both gorgeous, so.
My prompts for these two are a little vaguer than for others — because they don’t have a set dynamic in canon, I’m open to pretty much any exploration of a relationship between these characters!
- First meetings or first dates, especially if Johnny, Moira or Roland are somehow around to make it all delightfully awkward
- Alexis taking Ruth back to Schitt’s Creek for a visit. I love all the SC side characters, so feel free to sprinkle in as many as you like! Background ships are fine, too.
- Supporting each other through a rough time in one of their businesses or lives, maybe some hurt/comfort of some description
- Alexis realising she’s not completely straight after all and coming out (and it going really well!)
- Alexis cooking for Ruth for the first time, and being complete crap at cooking but trying really hard.
I’ve also provided my interpretations of these pairs and characters, but you don’t have to stick to that. I can be sold on just about any dynamic if it fits the fic!
General Likes
Smut Likes
DNWs
Dimension 20
Secretary
The Folk of the Air
Great Expectations
Othello
CollegeHumor
Schitt’s Creek
General & Art Likes
- 2nd + 3rd person POV
- Past & present tense are both fine
- Canon divergence is fine and good
- Background or past ship mentions are mostly fine, except where noted
- Mutual pining (so much pining! There’s never enough!)
- Missing scenes from canon
- Bathing/washing — I also love people being dried with a towel by their partner
- Angst but also fluff, but also angst so much angst oh my gosh
- Characters being very aware of the power dynamics in general
- Fraught relationships
- Bed sharing
- Fake dating
- Being emotionally overloaded or overwhelmed in any capacity
- Height differences
- Kissing, all the soft kissing
- Being fed
- Long tender looks & catching people looking at you tenderly, just romantic goggling in general I guess
- Touch-starved and stoic characters breaking down
- Bittersweet endings (but also any kind of ending is fine by me!)
- Sad characters being sad and lonely and being saddled with even more misery
- Sad characters finally getting the love and attention they deserve
- …just sad characters, really…
- Everyone is bisexual except for canon gay characters
Art Likes
I like a wide variety of art! Bold colours, black & white/greyscale, jewel tones, dark neons. I love interesting compositions and perspectives, and shots that feel like the characters were caught in the moment. I like most tones — fluffy and bright or dark and angsty or intimate and intense.
I like comics and gifs too! I have never received art before and have generally enjoyed every piece I’ve seen in an exchange setting, so I’m not sure I have any strong preferences. I definitely don’t have DNWs for art — sorry I can’t be more specific!
Smut Likes
Public use, praise kink, light biting, hair-pulling, being bossed around, light bondage (someone having their hands tied is lovely, long shibari descriptions is not so much), being held down, rough sex.
I also really like tender vanilla sex. And I like non-penetrative sex acts a lot. Acts of service is my IRL love language, and I think I like non-penetrative, one-sided sex acts in my smut because it feels like a caring act of service! But I love all kinds of sex, really.
Bittersweet sex, sex that makes you feel things you wish it wasn’t making you feel, sex that makes you feel like shit or dirty-bad-wrong after you’ve had it (including dub con) etc. is all up my alley too and plays with my heart (and id) in just the right way.
Also humour in sex is cool by me, as is some awkwardness.
Note: Some of my prompts allow for a much greater use of dub con and noncon. I especially love it when the person being dub- or nonconned enjoys themselves, though they may be ashamed of their enjoyment.
DNWs
- Anyone under 17 in sexual situations, incest
- Violent noncon or noncon where the victim receives no pleasure
- Scat, watersports, blood play, sexualised vomit
- The phrase “to the hilt”
- Mpreg
- Humiliation kink
- Infidelity
- Readerfic
- Mundane AUs
Dimension 20
Kingston/Willy
Kingston desperately needs a cuddle of some sort, and eight-foot-tall Willy probably gives some pretty damn good cuddles. Well, apart from the fact he’s made of very hard brick, but that’s not gonna stand in the way of these two.
I really love their friendship, how much history is hidden there, and how much they both care about their city. But Willy isn’t as self-sacrificing as Kingston, and values fun, given his poker nights. I think he would be able to get Kingston to relax a bit, to remember that he needs to live his own life too — or, at least, he’s going to try.
Also, happy for cameos from any side characters, especially Victoria. She’s great.
- Another poker night. Maybe hosting their first as a couple, and the whole Dream Team turn up. Maybe it’s pre-relationship, with lots of pining.
- Emotional hurt/comfort with Kingston being cared for. He needs someone who watches out for him occasionally! I think Willy has known him long enough to know just how to care for him, too.
- An awkward ass first date where they’re both nervous as hell. Pre- or post-canon is great.
- Willy including Kingston in a Jewish holiday for the first time.
- How does sex work when one of them is eight-feet-tall and made of pure brick, and the other is just a regular human man? I do feel like Lowell Masters might have some great tips for how to fit things way too large for normal humans…
Plumbeline/Annabelle
Ahhh I love Crown of Candy so much! And I love these two so much! Even though Plumbeline turns out…not to be such a good person, she’s complex and interesting. I’d love to understand more of her motivations. And, like everyone else, I’m obsessed with Annabelle Cheddar, my favourite swashbuckler!
I love femme/butch pairings, and these two are great together. They know each other, they both have very different takes on their station in life (Plumbeline, desperate to be Empress, Annabelle who gave up her title after declaring she wouldn’t marry), but they are both forces of nature who don’t back down.
Happy for cameos and background ships from any of the Crown of Candy crew.
- Hurt/comfort of any kind! A few ideas for when that could happen: after Theobald defeated Plumbeline so handily at jousting in Episode 4, “The Grand Tournament”; when the Emperor first gets sick and Plumbeline is caring for him (and not for herself); way back when Annabelle decided not to marry and had to deal with the social fallout; after Annabelle sustains an injury in a battle.
- Swashbuckling adventures together pre-canon! Does Plumbeline like sailing? What does she think of Annabelle at sea versus Annabelle on land?
- Epistolary story taking place post-episode 6, “Chaos in the Cathedral”, after Annabelle has discovered what went down between Plumbeline, the church and House Rocks.
- Plumbeline visiting the Dairy Isles and being shown around
Secretary
Grey/Lee
This movie is one of my faves! I love James Spader so much in it, and their chemistry is immense. I love the way BDSM brings out so much more in Lee, and allows her to feel comfortable for the first time. I love the inner-anguish of Grey too, trying to fight against what he wants, and Lee being so bold.
- Tell me about their honeymoon! We see a little sneak peek (or is that their wedding?) at the end, but I’d love to see more of their mountainous adventure.
- Being roped into family Christmas or Thanksgiving at the Grey’s! What are Grey’s family like? Bonus: them trying to have quiet sex in his childhood bedroom, or Lee pawing through his old stuff.
- Alternatively, them hosting a family event at their place! How do the two families interact? Do any of them acknowledge the relationship dynamic between Lee and Grey?
- Even more alternatively, deciding to have Christmas or Thanksgiving as just the two of them and avoiding all the family shenanigans.
- Hurt/comfort in the style of the end of the movie — either making up after a particularly nasty fight, or something external happening, with either Grey or Lee being the comforter — or both!
- Public use-style, Lee being used by other men under Grey’s watchful eye and then getting all the comfort afterwards.
- Any delightful smut from either during the canon (that we don’t get to see the full extent of) or post-canon.
The Folk of the Air
Jude/Balekin
These two have such sizzling chemistry and I love how fucked up their dynamic gets in The Wicked King. I’m open to a lot of stuff with them, and I’ve tried to include prompts from the full spectrum, but anything that plays on their relationship is great.
For smut, I’m open to anything from noncon to consensual between these two! However, if noncon, I’d still want Jude to enjoy it despite herself.
- Jude visiting him in prison again before he escapes and Jude trying to outsmart him. Does she have the patience and wisdom not to show her hand?
- Jude having to navigate situations where he thinks she’s under his power but is lying. More of that in the undersea or just after she gets back would be awesome.
- That could include smut that taking place during Jude’s imprisonment or just shortly after she gets back. I could see her fucking him and at first having to pretend to be into it because she’s “under his spell”, but actually coming to enjoy it in the end. Maybe he gets his lackeys involved?
- Any of the Undersea happenings from Balekin’s perspective would be rad. Is he genuinely taken with Jude, given the kiss, or is it just to spite Cardan? How much of their plan is Orlagh’s doing, and how much is his?
- Balekin haunting her after his death, and Jude having to deal with that. Could be funny, could be dark and scary, could include ghost sex. Whatever floats your boat, have fun with it.
Taryn/Nicasia
These two deserved so much better than Locke. I mean, everyone deserves better than Locke, but still.
Neither are particularly good people — though Taryn is much kinder than Nicasia — but they’re both complex and interesting, and I think have a lot in common in the way they internalise their problems and are easily manipulated by those they admire.
I think they would find each other suitably challenging, though. Where Jude always played up to Nicasia’s bullying, Taryn is so much harder to pin down because she just accepts the fae cruelty.
- Hurt/comfort, especially where hurt!Taryn makes Nicasia understand something about humans being worth something and beautiful, or Taryn finding ways to stand up to hurt!Nicasia and not be walked all over just because she’s giving comfort
- Nicasia taking a trip to the mortal realm. Taryn suddenly has the upper hand in terms of experience, and I think it’d be cool to see Nicasia interact with everyday concepts.
- Taryn taking a trip to the Undersea. What does Queen Orlagh think of her?
- Them having an affair while Taryn is married to Locke and having secret rendezvous.
- Nicasia and Taryn trying to be better people post-QoN, and dealing with their guilt for their actions taken across the trilogy.
Great Expectations
Molly/Mr. Jaggers
This is one of my oldest ships! We discover near the back half of the book that Mr. Jaggers took in Estella’s mother, Molly, and she’s lived with him all this time and I’ve always been really intrigued into what their relationship is like.
While I could see this being straight hurt/comfort (and would love that!), there’s also definite cruelty in their relationship, and problems with their power dynamics. Exploring that would be cool, and I’m open to any takes on it — is it performative and to keep up appearances, so no one will suspect the truth between them? Or is his abuse something Molly swallows because she has no other choice and perhaps feels she has no escape from? Is Jaggers protective of Molly, despite his cruelty?
We get so very little from her character, except through secondhand stories, that I’d love to see her fleshed out in any way you can imagine, really!
- Molly first being taken in by Mr. Jaggers after being saved from the Gallows. What was their dynamic like? How did they find a rhythm with each other, especially with Molly having her child taken away?
- How does Mr. Jaggers deal with a client who gets too handsy with Molly, especially when Jaggers really needs their money?
- Post-canon, does she ever find out about Estella? How does that change things between Jaggers and she?
- Has Jaggers ever used her in his cases? Like, a maid able to pass unnoticed used to eavesdrop or spy?
Othello
Iago/Roderigo, Iago/Desdemona, Iago/Othello
Iago might be my favourite villain of all time. My favourite thing about him is the way he employs so much doublethink to justify his actions and the fact he’s so charismatic and naturally duplicitous that even he buys into his own bullshit (or does he?). I really love Kenneth Brannagh’s interpretation, but dealer’s choice really!
I’m up for any Iago pairing, but also feel free to throw in background ships with him or combine any of these too.
- Roderigo: Iago persuades him into sexual situations, maybe all the while convincing them both that it’s fine and not sinful/not appropriate for the time in history
- Roderigo: Maybe Iago genuinely likes Roderigo and has a soft spot for him despite himself. Is it a requited one, or does Roderigo only have eyes for Desdemona?
- Desdemona: Iago trying and failing to seduce her away from Othello, for the good of something… (“Something” being whatever Iago has convinced himself is a good reason)
- Desdemona: Drunk at a party, Desdemona does something she wouldn’t normally do.
- Othello: The passion between these two is *chef’s kiss*. What was it like when they were away at war together?
- Othello: A fuck before dying
CollegeHumor
Grant O’Brien/Rekha Shankar
Okay, hear me out. Have you watched the Game Changer episode, "The Surprise Murder Mystery"? If not, go go go, it’s only 30 minutes long — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc4yXge1T-Y
Okay. Now let’s talk about their crazy chemistry, and just what a bananas episode it turns into at the end. I did not expect to come out of a silly improv game show episode from CollegeHumor in the year of our lord 2020 with my new OTP but HERE WE ARE. Everything from their small smile to each other right at the beginning when they say they need to fix Josh’s mic, to Grant saying “we’ve all been there” about office sexcapades, to them bullying the PA together, to their ridiculous size difference!
Also feel free to throw in some Production Designer/Producer. Grant & Rekha is right, they ARE hot together. And any other CH staff you like or background ships (and threesomes or moresomes are fine too!), including Sam.
- AU slasher horror where Rekha is the slasher, obsessed with Grant, the final guy! Or do it the other way around!
- Stuck in an elevator together, overnight or over the weekend!
- Office shenanigans while they work on a new sketch together that gets surprisingly hot and heavy. Maybe one of them keeps writing sketches that involve the other getting hot and heavy with them, and they start to suspect its not just a sketch…
- Using the other Game Changer episode they are on for inspiration (it’s not as good, but they still get up to some shenanigans) — have them go on a date to the Copley Square Theatre, or try out the Angry Goose Encounter or Grant taking Rekha with him to the botanical garden!
- Incorporate the sexy holidays into it. Them interacting with their daddies but thinking of each other, them celebrating a holiday together for the first time. You can throw in Ally or Raph for funsies (or any other CH staff!).
Schitt’s Creek
Alexis/Ruth
So Ruth Clancy is the investor from S6 who Johnny, Stevie & Roland meet. She’s determined and kind and has a good head on her shoulders, and I feel like she would really be a good match for Alexis!
I know they don’t actually interact in the canon but presumably they do post-canon since Ruth’s working with her dad. They both stand up for what they believe in, work hard to grow their respective businesses, take risks and are genuine as hell. Also, they’re both gorgeous, so.
My prompts for these two are a little vaguer than for others — because they don’t have a set dynamic in canon, I’m open to pretty much any exploration of a relationship between these characters!
- First meetings or first dates, especially if Johnny, Moira or Roland are somehow around to make it all delightfully awkward
- Alexis taking Ruth back to Schitt’s Creek for a visit. I love all the SC side characters, so feel free to sprinkle in as many as you like! Background ships are fine, too.
- Supporting each other through a rough time in one of their businesses or lives, maybe some hurt/comfort of some description
- Alexis realising she’s not completely straight after all and coming out (and it going really well!)
- Alexis cooking for Ruth for the first time, and being complete crap at cooking but trying really hard.
